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Diagnostic Dye Injection Into A Lower Back Disc

Florida rates for HCPCS 62290

An injection into one disc in the lower back to help determine whether that disc is a source of back pain. A contrast dye is injected under imaging guidance so its spread and the patient's pain response can be evaluated, helping pinpoint a painful disc before considering further treatment.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Diagnostic Dye Injection Into A Lower Back Disc cost?

$309

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $309 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $275 from a physician practice, and about $3,020 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$275$174 to $372
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,020$1,047 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $398 to $10,965Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $148 to $501
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,020professional $275

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$489.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$478.63
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$11,220.18
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$660.69
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$371.54
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$489.78
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$602.56
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$363.08

Where Florida sits

The same service costs 1.8 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Florida· 44th of 51

$309

AK $490KY $269

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.